Where does “زمان” come from?

زمان (Old Anatolian Turkish) comes from Persian زمان, from Old Persian *jamānā, from Proto-Iranian *ǰámaHnaH — time, occasion.

Ancestry of “زمان”, step by step

زمان traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Persian زمان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Persianزمانtime; season; epoch
2Old Persian*jamānātime
3Proto-Iranian*ǰámaHnaHtime, occasion

via Arabic زَمَان

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Arabicزَمَان

Words derived from “زمان

Every word from Proto-Iranian *ǰámaHnaHEvery word from Old Persian *jamānāEvery word from Persian زمان